Huge news in the mobile industry today. Corporate smartphone juggernaut, Research in Motion has taken the bow off their plan to acquire Palm Inc, makers of the highly anticipated Palm Pre that is due to launch later this year. This announcement makes Apple’s iPhone announcements sound like lunch room banter. Here’s a clip from this worldwide exclusive announcement posted on Futurelooks:
“It has just been announced that Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry line of devices, is in the process of acquiring Palm, Inc. This news comes mere months before the pending release of the Palm Pre, a smartphone that is supposed infuse new energy and excitement into the Palm brand. Research in Motion wants to capitalize on this excitement and extend it to the BlackBerry line as a whole.”
This is hot on the heels of this morning’s launch of the new Blackberry App World. Looks like Waterloo is full of surprises today. Head on over to Futurelooks for the whole story on how this latest deal came together.
With the power and security of the BlackBerry Platform and the beautiful OS of the new Palm Pre, the new PalmBerry handsets will have people saying “iPhone Who?”